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[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: John Perkins, aged 26, Robert Perkins, aged 23, and George Perkins,...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/99/105
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1833 Mar-1833 July
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Prisoner name: John Perkins, aged 26, Robert Perkins, aged 23, and George Perkins, aged 20.
Court and date of trial: Rutland Lent Assizes, Oakham, March 1833.
Crime: Maliciously shooting a gamekeeper of Sir Gilbert Heathcote.
Initial sentence: Death.
Annotated (Outcome): John and Robert to be executed 25 March. [Robert reprieved, to be transported]. George reprieved [to be transported].
Petitioner(s): Sir Gilbert Heathcote, the prosecutor.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Prosecutor and jury recommend mercy.
Other papers: Letter from Thomas Denman, trial judge, stating that he has reprieved George and Robert, but giving his opinion that the sentence of death on John, who fired the gun, should stand.
Two letters from T W Ashby of Stamford, on behalf of Robert Perkins.
Letter from Sir Gilbert Heathcote stating that Robert Perkins died of a fever on board the Isabella hulk at Sheerness and seeking mitigation of sentence for George, suffering from the same complaint; with memorandum stating that 'the case was so very aggravated' that no mitigation warranted.
Two letters seeking mitigation of sentence on George Perkins.
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- Sr 39
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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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